The Book Of Pain

Limited to 300 copies. In booklet: Preliminary versions of some songs on this album were part of the demo-CDs Silicon Rhythm and A Matter Of Time released in 2000 and 2006. Mixed and mastered with input from all other musicians. Drums recorded at The Drummerij, electric guitars and bass guitars recorded at the Viadukt and the Lake View Studio, vocals and other instruments recorded at the Lake View Studio, saxophone and female vocals recorded in Klagenfurt and Graz, respectively. The song A Spark Of Darkness is dedicated to the memory of the late Michael Görig and his unfinished book with the same title (in German: Ein Funken Dunkelheit) - Hey Michi, a pity you can't listen to this one, old friend - I think you would have liked it. Special thanks to my wife Astrid for her patience and support during this production; my sister Karin and the rest of my family; to all participating musicians, to Helmut W. Fresl Sensei and Gerhard Fruhmann Sensei. Big thanks for continuous support, kindness and encouragement to Lisa-Marie Michelitsch. A big thank you to Xiaoxia Liu for participating and the Chinese translations, and to Yingyu Lee for the beautiful cover symbol. Sölömön ashta ashta to Volker Kieslinger. Cosmic power beams out to Esther Kokmeijer and Gerrit Oudakker. Cordial greetings go to Nigel Dyer, Christine Hoflehner, Christiane Verena Thaler, Erich M. Wappis, Prashant Kumar, Wim Borgonje, Jasper Potze, Markus Braunwarth, René Pecnik, René van Zonneveld, Dimitra Manopoulou, Jerry Pollack, Maria Magdalena Schleicher, Ilana Schleicher, Lothar Brecker and all others out there supporting us - you know who you are, thank you! Very special thanks to Erik and the team from Studio Lobbes, Marco van Empel and Headbangers Records, Tamme Oosterhof and Gerben Heijkant of Big Bad Wolf Records, and all the friendly people out there who helped making this production possible - thank you so much! This album is dedicated to all those in emotional pain, may it help you to transcend We shall rise! (C)&(P)2024 Elmar C. Fuchs. On disc: ©℗ 2024 elmar c. fuchs. […].